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ANTONIO PASSARELLA, COUNTRY MANAGER AND KEY ACCOUNT MANAGER WESTERN BALKANS, ERICSSON
5G NETWORK Is The Future
Ericsson, a global leader in technology communications and services that is this year celebrating 140 years of its existence, whilst also commemorating 20 years of successful operations in Serbia, today collaborates with many telecommunications operators to develop and test the 5G network
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e will see 5G scale up in 2020 and we estimate close to 100 million 5G subscriptions worldwide by the end of this year. Early mover service providers will focus on bringing wide 5G coverage. They will focus on consumer services as enhanced mobile broadband and Fixed Wireless Access.
We will see 5G scale up in 2020 and we estimate close to 100 million 5G subscriptions worldwide by the end of this year. Early mover service providers will focus on bringing wide 5G coverage. They will focus on consumer services as enhanced mobile broadband and Fixed Wireless Access and we will see trials continue for industries.
You are working intensively on the development and There could be a one-to-two-year delay on 5G in Europe testing of the 5G network. Where will it be possible to if a certain supplier is excluded, because European venapply 5G and what will it bring us? dors don’t have enough supply capac- We and partners have been working This is one of those moments ity. Is this true? with 5G technology for several years - It’s often said that the exclusion of when companies like in the labs and in advanced outdoor a particular vendor would delay 5G in Ericsson must strive more field trials. In Serbia we have already Europe by months or years. We think demonstrated 5G with Telekom Srbija. than ever to act with values there is a risk that certain European These tests were key to developing countries will fall behind, but 5G delays and responsibility in leading technologies for the standin Europe are not tied to the choice of technology vendor. Rather Europe ard, as well as competitive product the service of society faces a series of structural problems, portfolios. A year ago we saw the such as a lack of licenses for spectrum, high spectrum fees first 5G networks switched on, which focused clearly on and regulation that is not investment friendly. Countries consumers. These networks were primarily bringing 5G that have implemented national security restrictions on coverage to cities and highly populated areas and there 5G have not reported any delays in their roll-out of 5G. were 13 million subscriptions globally by the end of 2019. 12
